Blur Building is a project from Diller and Scofidio
“ An inhabitable cloud whirling above a lake”
Image courtesy Diller & Scofidio
The building is made out of "steam", "cloud", water, air, light.
The walls of "air and water" absorb light.
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Info on the blur building
the so called 'blur pavillion' is visible from afar.
the building consists of a 60 x 100 x 20 - metre metal
construction that sprays innumerable tiny drops of lake water
from 31400 jets. the high-pressure spraying technology
ensures that the fleeting sculpture will be visible in all
weathers, rain or shine.
the high-pressure spraying is carried out by high-grade
steel jets with tiny apertures only 120 microns in diameter,
through which the water is forced at a pressure of 80 bars
onto fine needlepoints directly above the apertures and
atomised into innumerable tiny droplets 4 to 10 microns
in diameter. the droplets are so small that most of them
remain suspended in the air. if sufficient jets are installed in a
specific volume, they saturate the air with moisture and
create the effect of mist or, in this case, the effect known
as the blur.
walking down the long ramp, visitors arrive on a large
open - air platform at the center of the fog mass where
the only sound to be heard is the white noise of pulsing
water nozzles. computers are adjusting the strength of the
spray according to the different climactic conditions of
temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction.
the fog mass changes from minute to minute.
the blur building expands and produces long fog trails in high
winds, rolls outward at cooler temperatures, and moves up or
down depending on air temperatures.
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